The role of sex steroids in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in rat lungs after a single whole-body cooling

Abstract: A single total body cooling was found to cause a more distinct alteration in carbohydrate metabolism in lung tissue of male rats as compared with female rats. These metabolic alterations were less distinct in castrated males. Preadministration of one of the sex hormones (testosterone, estradiol or progesterone) into the castrated males led to normalisation of carbohydrate metabolism in cooling; among the sex steroids estrogen was the most effective.